6th Grade Qtr 4

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Quarter 4: The Roman World

Standards
 Content
The Big Idea:
Elements of Roman culture have endured for centuries. Many allusions in modern literature and Media are made to Roman Culture.
 Skills
 Activities
 Assessment
RL.6.1,
RL.6.2,
RL.6.3,
RL6.4,
RL.6.5,
RL.6.6,
RL.6.7
 Literary Text
  • Cite textual Evidence
  • Analyze explicit meanings
  • Draw inferences
  • Determine theme
  • Provide objective summary
  • Identify plot development
  • Describe Character development
  • Determine Figurative and Connotative meaning
  • Analyze word choice
  • Analyze structure of text
  • Explain use of Point of View
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 Suggested Reading: The Aeneid
(Use of translations, modern texts and videos will be very helpful. It is not necessary to consider the entire text.)
Roman Mythology
RI.6.1,
RI.6.2,
RI.6.3,
RI.6.4,
RI.6.5.
RI.6.6,
RI.6.7
 Non-Fiction Text
  • Cite textual evidence
  • Analyze texts explicit and inferential meaning
  • Determine Central idea
  • Analyze how key elements are introduced, illustrated and elaborated
  • Determine figurative, connotative and technical meaning
  • Analyze how structure contributes to idea development
 "Ancient Roman Literature" by Sara Ann McGill
"The History of Literature" by Phyllis Barkas Goldman
W.6.4,
W.6.5,
W.6.6,
W.6.7,
W.6.9,
W.6.10
 Writing
  • Development, organization and style are appropriate to task, purpose and audience
  • Planning, editing, revising
  • Use technology to produce and publish writing
  • collaboration
Create a Website, Blog or Wiki with a partner detailing the ways in which Greek and Roman culture have influenced modern/your culture.
SL.6.1,
SL.6.5,
SL.6.6
 Speaking and Listening
  • Engage in collaborative discussions
  • Expressing ideas clearly
  • Use researched material during discussions
  • Set goals
  • Meet deadlines
  • Follow discussion protocol
  • Pose relevant questions
  • Respond to others
  • Qualify and justify views
  • Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations
  • Adapt speech to audience and purpose
Social Studies Fair Students present information they have learned about one of the cultures they have studied using media.
L.6.1,
L.6.2,
L.6.3,
L.6.4,
L.6.5, L.6.6
 Language
  • Use of standard English in writing and speaking
  • Explain the function of verbals ( Gerunds, participles and infinitives
  • Use verbs in passive and active voice
  • Use verbs in indicative, imperative, interrogative conditional and subjunctive mood
  • Use correct Capitalization, punctuation and spelling
  • Use coma, ellipsis and dash
  • Use verbs in the conditional and subjunctive mood
  • Determine the meaning of a word by using a range of strategies
  • Using context clues
  • Use common Greek and Latin affixes and roots to understand meaning
  • Know how to use dictionaries, glossaries and thesauruses to clarify meaning, determine pronunciation and part of speech
  • Figurative language
  • Figures of speech
  • Use grade appropriate vocabulary